Bridge Point Recognised as Cisco Identity Services Engine Authorised Technology Provider Partner in Australia

The Cisco ISE platform is a comprehensive, next-generation, contextually-based access control solution that offers exceptional visibility and control to ensure a highly secure enterprise and efficiently enforce security policy across an entire distributed network. The Cisco ISE offers authenticated network access, profiling, posture and guest management along with monitoring, reporting and troubleshooting capabilities on a single physical or virtual appliance. The Cisco ISE enables scalable and flexible enforcement mechanisms leveraging existing identity-aware network infrastructure, and ships on a wide range of physical appliances with different performance settings to address multiple deployment requirements.

“The ‘BYOD challenge’ has been driving customer demand for ISE. More and more employees want to bring their own devices to work and connect to the network,” said Rob Siganto, Managing Director of Bridge Point Communications.

“Our customers will benefit from Cisco ISE due to better security resulting from improved visibility and control over all user activity and devices. They will also be able to maximise efficiency and increase IT staff productivity by automating labour-intensive tasks and simplifying service delivery.”

The Cisco ATP program is part of the go-to-market strategy for Cisco ISE solutions. The program helps define the knowledge, skills and services that channel partners need to successfully sell, deploy and support ISE solutions.

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About Cisco Identity Services Engine and TrustSec Solutions

The Cisco ISE is a policy component of the Cisco TrustSec solution. A Cisco ISE solution can be deployed as an appliance or virtual machine to enforce security policy on all devices that attempt to gain access to network infrastructure. Integrated with the Cisco Prime Network Control System (NCS), Cisco ISE helps manage all devices more securely.

About Bridge Point Communications

Since commencing in 2000, Bridge Point has built a reputation as one of Australia's leading providers of information security, network integration and consulting services. Bridge Point has developed strategic partnerships with leading networking and security vendors. In 2011, Bridge Point merged with Server Central, a NetApp Gold partner, to strengthen its Data Centre offering with data management, storage and virtualisation capabilities.

Bridge Point has played a significant role in a number of critical infrastructure projects with its capabilities in networking and information security. Using its Validated Industrial Network Design, developed by Bridge Point consultants in collaboration with industry partners, Bridge Point has led a number of SCADA, intelligent transport, building automation and substation projects.

Bridge Point is a Qualified Security Assessor as part of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) and was the first IT company in Australia to achieve certification to ISO 27001. www.bridgepoint.com.au

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